Navy SEALs take tanker, foiling Libya rebel attempt to sell oil

U.S. Navy SEALs seize a diverted oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea southeast of Cyprus, thwarting an attempt by a breakaway Libyan militia to sell its contents on the black market, the Pentagon says.

The tanker had sailed last week from the Libyan port of Es Sider with a cargo of crude, and after leaving Libyan waters it appeared to have sailed the Mediterranean in search of a buyer for its oil.

The crude from Es Sider was produced by a joint venture between Libya’s National Oil Corp., Hess (HES), ConocoPhillips (COP) and Marathon Oil (MRO).

Would have been nice to have had one of those Seal Teams sent to Benghazi when we needed it. Should have put a couple of barrels of oil in the Embassy, maybe that would have made the decision a little easier for the pres.